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Nigeria-Cameroon Border: Commission To Resolve 4 Outstanding Issues From ICJ In 2022 – DG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 21, 2021
The Director-General of the NBC, Admu Adaji, said this during a media parley with top media executives in Abuja.
Adaji said the judgment by the International Court of Justice that ceded Bakassi Peninsula in Nigeria to Republic of Cameroon still stands.
According to the NBC boss, no country at this point would want to deviate by asking for more territories.
He added that Cameroon had never asked Nigeria for more territories, adding that, there was a time that a rumour trended that Cameroon would take over some territories from Nigeria.

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Nigeria Can Learn A Lot Partnering With China – Envoy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 22, 2021
Cui said this in his keynote address at the presentation of a book titled: “A century of the Communist Party of China: Why Africa should engage in experience”, authored by Charles Onunaiju.
The Chinese envoy acknowledged the mutually beneficial relationship between both countries, saying: “we are not only celebrating what we have, but planning towards implementation of economic strategies for the next 50 years.”
He explained that 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of CPC, which started with 58 members and currently pegged at over 95million membership.
He further commended Onunaiju initiative for publication of the book, adding there are many lessons to learn about China’s story that could help to improve the world of knowledge about sustainable culture.

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Nigeria Cannot Develop Without Polytechnic Education – Rector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 6, 2023
He stated that if polytechnic education was scrapped the country
would be doomed, pointing out that the bedrock of industrialisation
was polytechnic.
The outgoing rector, who spoke at the launching of his memoir to
mark the end of a successful two-term tenure as the pioneer rector of
the polytechnic, explained that it was polytechnic education that
would produce manpower needed in factories.
Fasakin said that Nigeria should not rely on manpower from outside
the country for its industries to survive. He added that abolishing
polytechnic education is tantamount to suicide.
He, therefore, asked the Nigerian government to provide conducive
and enabling environment for Nigerian citizens to work and thrive in
their respective academic endeavours, noting that Nigerian scholars
were leaving the shores of the country to where their potential would
be harnessed and well remunerated.

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Nigeria Can’t Be Competitive Without Institutionalizing Research - TETFUND Boss - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2021
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFUND, Suleiman Boforo, says the Nigerian economy can only be globally competitive with the institutionalization of Research and Development R&D.
Bogoro said this in Abuja, while receiving the draft Executive Bill for establishment of the National Research and Development Foundation NRDF from the NRDF Bill Drafting Committee.
The draft bill is aimed at establishing a National Research and Development Foundation to coordinate research that would pave way for Nigeria to become a knowledge-based economy.
Bogoro commended the commitment shown by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, by engaging members of staff of the Ministry of Justice to be part of the drafting committee.
He said that the submission of the draft bill had laid the foundation for driving a knowledge-based economy, saying it was imperative for Nigeria to pursue knowledge for economic development.


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Nigeria Can’t END OPEN Defecation By 2025, Says UNICEF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 16, 2023
It noted while 48 million Nigerians, including 18 million children, practice open defecation, the country is ranked number 1 globally this year, and has been Top 5  in the last  15 years.
It urged the government and stakeholders to intensify community-led total sanitation CLTS for demand creation, mobilisation, awareness and advocacy; engage private sector to build toilets; provide financial support to access financing and low incomes toilet business owners to build their toilets.
Speaking during a media dialogue on open defecation in Bui, Borno State, UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WASH Specialist, Ogochukwu Adimorah, said Nigeria cannot continue business as usual or it will miss the target of 2025 and 2030.
Acting General Manager, Borno State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency RUWASSA,  Babagana Saad, said some of the key factors in the achievement of open defecation free status by Bui and Shani councils, include Joint funding of projects activities between government with UNICEF, Donors; State and councils providing policy that supports the projects.


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Nigeria: CBN’s Naira Support Dips Foreign Reserves Despite Rising Oil Prices - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 9, 2022
The external reserves which stood at $40.518 billion at the beginning of
the year had declined to $39.98 billion as of February 4, 2022.
The dip in the reserves is a reflection of the CBN’s meeting of foreign
exchange demands from manufacturers, importers, travelers, and
students studying abroad.
Nigeria’s external reserves hit a three-year high of $42 billion in October
last year. The reserves had since dropped by 7.14 percent, or $3 billion.
The IMF is projecting that the reserves of the country will continue to
dip this year on continued support for the foreign exchange, dropping to
$35 billion by the end of 2022.

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Nigeria-China Relations: Government Set To Diversify Cooperation To Reduce Trade Imbalance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 17, 2019
The Federal Government says it is set to explore diverse areas with China to reduce the “huge trade imbalance” between both countries.
Special Adviser to the Vice President on Economic Matters, said this at the 2019 Belt and Road Nigeria and China Economic and Trade Forum in Abuja.
Dipeolu emphasised that there was already substantial economic activity between both countries, with China being Nigeria’s largest trading partner in 2017 and with 25 per cent of imports from that country.
He, however, said that there was still a lot to be done in terms of economic cooperation between Nigeria and China, despite notable economic ties.
He said the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan ERGP, intended to bring about macroeconomic stability and diversification of the productive base of the economy, drew some insights from the Chinese experience.

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Nigeria Committed To Bringing Terrorists To Justice -Ex NSA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 21, 2023
He made this known at the Session II Third United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States at UN headquarters in New York.
The Conference, which opened on Monday is expected to host 40 side events backed by State Members and multilateral organisations.
The former NSA said that with partnerships from specialised UN agencies and international partners, Nigeria had continued to strengthen its criminal justice provisions and judicial frameworks to secure the conviction of terrorism offenders.
According to him, the transnational nature of terrorism underscores the importance of strengthening regional institutions and mechanisms to counter the threat.


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Nigeria Customs Intercept $8m, Arrest Airport Staff In Lagos - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 5, 2020
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted over 8,065 thousand dollars at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport MMIA in Lagos.
This was disclosed by the CustomsComptroller-General, Hameed Ali, at a press conference in Lagos.
He added that the cash which was stashed in a carwas intercepted while it was about to be loaded into an aircraft.
Ali said a suspect, the driver of the vehicle who isa staff of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company NAHCO, has been arrested inconnection with the alleged money laundering.
He, however, did not provide details of the aircraftbut added that the money was stashed inside a vehicle belonging to NAHCO.
He further said investigations are on to revealthose behind the Laundering.

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Nigeria Customs Service Q1 revenue generated IS N466.1bn - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 20, 2021
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N466.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N466.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021.
The statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the office of the Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah on Tuesday, showed that the revenue was generated from January to March.
The data indicated that the NCS realised the highest revenue in March with N169.4 billion followed by January with N157.6 billion while the sum of N138.9 billion was generated in February.
The document showed that customs realised the highest revenue of N216.9 billion within the period under review from import duty.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N466.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021.
The statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the office of the Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah on Tuesday, showed that the revenue was generated from January to March.
The data indicated that the NCS realised the highest revenue in March with N169.4 billion followed by January with N157.6 billion while the sum of N138.9 billion was generated in February.
The document showed that customs realised the highest revenue of N216.9 billion within the period under review from import duty.
According to the statistics, the import duty is followed by customs VAT which is N105.2 billion and non-federation accounts levies of about N55.5 billion.
The document showed that N50.8 billion was generated from federation account levies while N34.5 billion was gotten from excise duty as well as N2.8 billion from fees.
Similarly, the statistics revealed that within the period under review, the service made a seizure of different contraband goods valued at N1,996,145,258.
The document indicated that the customs confiscated 37,206 bags of imported rice from January to March.


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Nigeria Demands In-Depth Investigation Of Ndubuisi's Death - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 11, 2019
The Nigerian Diaspora Commission demands thoroughinvestigation into the alleged murder of the Deputy Director-General ofChartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria in South Africa, ElizabethNdubuisi-Chukwu.
The Commission’s Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa in aninterview said the Consular General, Godwin Adama had a staff working with thePolice and investigating authorities in South Africa.
She further said she had faith in the assurances given bythe Consular General adding that the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nigeriaand South Africa set up an early warning signal sometime ago.
The Chairman added that it can only be done at a Ministeriallevel.
Ndubuisi-Chukwu was in South Africa to attend the Conferenceof the African Insurance Organisation. She was reportedly found dead in herroom at Emperor’s Palace Casino Hotel and Convention Centre, Johannesburg onJune 13.


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Nigeria Deserves Qatar 2022 World Cup Ticket, Says Eguavoen - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 3, 2022
Eguavoen is currently getting ready for the big clash between Nigeria and Ghana, which decides, who, among the two, will be in Qatar later this year.
The two sides will meet in Cape Coast, Ghana, on March 25 and play the decisive leg in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 29. The winner over two legs will pick the ticket to be among Africa’s five countries at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Speaking to newsmen Eguavoen, who led Nigeria to a last 16 finish at last month’s Africa Cup of Nations, said the Super Eagles are in a better position to qualify for the World Cup than their rivals.
Eguavoen, however, acknowledged that the games would not be easy for either side.
Nigeria is expected to begin camping for the matches in Abuja on March 21 and leave for Ghana on the eve of the Cape Coast leg of the tie.


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Nigeria Draws Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome And Mauritius In Group A - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 20, 2022
In the draw conducted by Nigeria’s Samson Adamu, who was assisted by former South Africa Captain, Lukas Radebe and Cote d’Ivoire’s legend, Salomon Kalou in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Nigeria was picked to head the first of the 12 groups from which 24 teams will qualify for next year’s championship.
The qualifying series for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON will kick off in June 2022, according to the Confederation of African Football CAF, and end in March 2023.
Defending champions, Senegal, are in Group L, where they will battle with Benin, Mozambique and Rwanda.
Host, Côte d’Ivoire, are in Group H with Zambia, Comoros and Lesotho. While two teams each will qualify in the other groups, only one team will qualify from Group H, alongside the host.


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Nigeria Driving ICT Investment In Education - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 8, 2019
Director-General, National Information TechnologyDevelopment Agency, NITDA Isa Pantami says the federal government will continueto leverage on technology to foster sustainable national development.
He stated this at an award ceremony in Abuja tocelebrate the outstanding performance of Nigerian students at the Global Finalof the Huawei ICT Competition held recently at the company’s headquarters inDongguan, China.
In a communique made available to newsmen, heassured that the country, at the heart of its development, was playing a keyrole in representing Africa on the global scale of ICT knowledge and capacitybuilding.
A team of three Nigerian students, in May, emergedamong the top three in the Global Final of the Huawei ICT Competition, with 49other teams and a total of 147 students representing 30 countries racing forthe global trophy.
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, notedthat Nigeria had experienced exponential growth in the past 20 years sinceHuawei came into the country.


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Nigeria Enjoys Relative Peace And Stability - IGP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 20, 2019
The Federal Government says the nation has continued to enjoyrelative peace and stability in the ember months.
The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu made this knownafter the meeting of the National Security Council, presided over by PresidentMuhammadu Buhari in Abuja. According to him, the meeting reviewed the nation’ssecurity situation and noted that the situation across the country is stable.
Adamu said the meeting reviewed the security situation all overthe country and we realised that it’s stable, banditry has been reduced to thebarest minimum, kidnapping had been reduced significantly.
On the pockets of unrest recorded during the November 16 Bayelsaand Kogi state governorship elections, the Police Boss said some arrests havebeen made by the police in the two states.
According to Adamu, the ‘policemen’ alleged to have disruptedthe elections in some parts of the two states were “fake” and not the personnelofficially deployed for election duties.

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Nigeria, EU Enter N20b Pact To Develop N'East - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2019
Nigeria and the European Union, EU have signed a fifty million Euros, about nineteen point six billion naira, Memorandum of Understanding, MoU to support the development of the North-East ravaged insurgency.
Read This: NAF Neutralises Scores Of Insurgents At Bula Korege In Borno
The latestpact, signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, andEU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica onthe sidelines of the seventh Tokyo International Conference on AfricanDevelopment, TICAD7 in Japan, brings the bloc’s intervention in the country tofive hundred and six two million Euros for 2014-2020.
PresidentBuhari, who expressed gratitude to the European nations for the gesture,described as sad the situation in internally displaced camps. He called forfurther aid to improve youth education with a view to taming poverty in theregion.


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Nigeria Expects 52m Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccines By 2022-SGF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 14, 2021
Speaking at the national briefing of the PSC in Abuja, Mustapha who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF said the most portent way of getting out of this situation is through vaccines, which science and research has presented.
The SGF also said efforts are on-going to implement the policy on Vaccine Mandate for all Federal public servants. This is to ensure safety in the workplace and at home.
On travels, Mustapha further said, to ease travels for fully vaccinated Nigerians we are exploring the principles of reciprocity between Nigeria and other nations.
The PSC Chairman also said the committee would likely review current protocols laid down for quarantine, as control had remained a source of worry.
He called on health workers to call off their ongoing strike, stating that on the heels of the President’s intervention in the health sector.

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Nigeria, France To Tackle Illegal Migration, Human Trafficking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 7, 2024
France Ambassador in charge of Migration at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Christophe Leonzi, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Abuja.
He said, though the two countries have been cooperating in that area, there was need to delve more into the already existing cooperation.
In his remarks, Tunji-Ojo, said Nigeria would continue to strengthen its relations with France, to make it better and stronger.
He said that development cooperation between the two countries have been extremely helpful to Nigeria over the years.


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Nigeria Geological Survey Agency Confirms Minor Earth Tremor In Bwari, FCT - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2020
TheNigeria Geological Survey Agency has confirmed that there was a minor earthtremor in Bwari Area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Theagency’s Deputy Director and Head of Geo-physics Department, Imam Kaka,confirmed the development in Abuja.
Hesaid officials of the agency had visited Bwari to evaluate the situation,adding that though there was vibration in the area, there was no visible crackand called on the residents of the area not to panic.
TheDeputy Director said that officials of the agency were able to calm residentsof the area, telling them that it was usual to feel small tremor, adding thatsuch minor tremors were not considered serious in areas where earthquakes wererampant.
Kakahad said that the agency’s equipment had not recorded any such occurrence.
Itwould be recalled that the agency had on Saturday dismissed media reports froman unidentified Professor from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, thatthere was earth tremor in Abaji and Gwagwalada areas of the FCT.

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Nigeria, Ghana To Collaborate On Service Delivery In Annual Hajj - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 12, 2023
The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON, Zikrullah Hassan, made this known when he received the Chairman of the Ghana Hajj Board and Presidential Coordinator, Ben Banda on a familiarisation visit to the commission’s Makkah Office.
Hassan emphasised that cooperation between the two countries would help address the challenges of accommodation and service delivery under the Company of Mutawifs of African Non –Arab countries.
The NAHCON boss said that the commission was willing to share her experience and cooperate with the board to achieve its goal of serving the Guests of Allah.


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Nigeria Governors: Fayemi Emerges Forum Chairman - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2019
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has emerged the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF through a consensus.
Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State, who is the outgoing chairman of the forum said this after a meeting held in Abuja.
Yari said that Fayemi was nominated by Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, seconded by the Governor of Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa and unanimously elected by the governors to lead the forum till 2021.
Yari added that Members also elected are Governor Aminu Tambwal of Sokoto State as the vice Chairman of the forum.
He explained that Tambuwal was nominated by the Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State and seconded by his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu.
Reading a communiqué at the end of the meeting, Yari said that the forum was concerned with the recent guidelines of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit.
In his acceptance remark, Fayemi expressed his gratitude for the confidence reposed on him by colleagues.


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Nigeria Governors’ Forum: Buhari Congratulates Fayemi As New Chairman - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulatedGovernor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on his emergence as the Chairman of theNigeria Governors’ Forum.
The President, in a statement by the Special Adviseron Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Thursday, saidFayemi’s choice by consensus indicated the degree of confidence in him by hiscolleagues.
He urged the new chairman to see the election as aunique opportunity to forge a harmonious and fruitful working relationship withthe Federal Government and other tiers of government.
Buhari said the Federal Government would continue tosupport the Forum in its laudable objectives.
The president also commended the immediate past NGFchairman, Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara for his leadership styles.


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Nigeria, India Set Up Business Council To Expand Trade, Investment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2022
The council is aimed at furthering efforts at reaching an anticipated 40 billion dollars’ worth of trade between both countries.
The NIBC was inaugurated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who inaugurated the council said both countries would explore new areas of doing business and cooperation to further strengthen bilateral ties between both countries.
Osinbajo, who was represented by Minister of Mines and Steel Development Olamilekan Adegbite, also emphasised the need for the partnership to focus on areas of entrepreneurship that will help reduce the level of unemployment in the country.
India’s Minister of State of External Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan said Nigeria had always been a favourite investment destination for Indian businesses with about 135 Indian companies operating in Nigeria with investments worth 20 billion dollars.


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Nigeria, Iran In Fresh Talks Over El-Zakzaky - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 9, 2019
Nigerianand Iranian governments are holding fresh talks on the leader of the IslamicMovement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
IranianForeign Ministry spokesman, Seyed Abbas Mousavi, said negotiations are on withNigerian officials on how to improve the conditions of El-Zakzaky who has beenin jail for the past four years.
Hesaid the Iranian Vice President for Economic Affairs, MohammadNahavandian,  met with President Buhariin Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on El-Zakzaky’s case.
Therecent meeting, he said, took place on the sidelines of the fifth Summit of GasExporting Countries Forum held in Equatorial Guinea.
ANigerian High Court had, on December 5th, ordered the Department of StateServices to transfer the cleric and his wife, Zinat, to the Correctional Centrein Kaduna State.
TheIMN leader and his wife are standing trial over allegations of culpablehomicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace, among othercharges.

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Nigeria Lags Behind In Cairo Commitment, National Population Commission Says - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 12, 2019
The Acting Chairman, National Population Commission, YusufAnka says Nigeria still lags behind in the Cairo Commitment, with high maternalmortality rate.
Anka made this known at the commemoration of the 2019 WorldPopulation Day in Abuja, with the theme: ’25-Years of ICPD: Accelerating thePromise’.
The International Conference on Population and Development,ICPD was held in Cairo where an agreement was reached by one hundred andseventy nine countries.
It was adopted in 1994 in Cairo, Egypt, to adopt thevisionary programme of action agreeing to put people first, and empower womento freely decide the timing and spacing of their pregnancies.
Anka noted that the critical issue facing Nigeria was howfar the country had fared in meeting the targets of the Cairo Summit and whatmeasures have been put in place to accelerate the full implementation of theICPD Programme of Action.


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Nigeria Launches First National Sex Offenders Register - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2019
Nigerialaunched its first national sexual offenders register, setting up a database ofthose convicted for sexual violence in a move seen as an important step towardsclamping down on abuse.
TheSexual Offender Register will contain the names of all those prosecuted forsexual violence in Africa’s most populous nation since 2015.
Therecord will be available online to better help the public, state bodies andpolice conduct background checks and identify repeat offenders.
Suspectswho are cleared will also be recorded in a part of the register only availableto law enforcement agencies, amid concerns by campaigners that the majority ofsexual offenders escape prosecution due to failings in the justice system.
Atthe launch in the capital, Abuja, Nigeria minister for humanitarian affairs,Sadiya Farouq, praised the initiative.
Shesaid the humanitarian and security crisis in northeast Nigeria caused by adecade-long jihadist insurgency had seen a rise in cases of sexual abuse whichneeded to be addressed.

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Nigeria Looks To Revive Ailing Palm Oil Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
October 5, 2021
His farm is one of the small plantations scattered across southern Nigeria where the government is investing heavily in the industry as part of its drive to diversify away from petroleum and help create jobs.
Once a major producer, Nigeria now imports from Indonesia and Malaysia, further straining foreign exchange reserves already battered by a fall in global crude oil prices and the pandemic.
But the story appears to be changing as Nigeria’s government, through the central bank (CBN), is pumping billions of naira in loans to assist farmers and investors in the industry.
Several states, including southern Edo and Akwa Ibom, where roads are lined by hectares of dark green palm trees and moribund factories, are injecting new life into the sector.
Across the globe, the palm oil industry has faced heavy criticism for deforestation, loss of community land and claims of worker abuses on Southeast Asian plantations.
But the oil, which is used in cooking, foods and cosmetics products, is a major industry in Indonesia and Malaysia, and Africa has also seen growth in recent years.
With an agriculture credit scheme and other programmes, Nigeria is supporting operators to buy quality and up-to-date seedlings and set up new plantations and mills.

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Nigeria Looks To Revive Ailing Palm Oil Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 5, 2021
His farm is one of the small plantations scattered across southern Nigeria where the government is investing heavily in the industry as part of its drive to diversify away from petroleum and help create jobs.
Once a major producer, Nigeria now imports from Indonesia and Malaysia, further straining foreign exchange reserves already battered by a fall in global crude oil prices and the pandemic.
But the story appears to be changing as Nigeria’s government, through the central bank (CBN), is pumping billions of naira in loans to assist farmers and investors in the industry.
Several states, including southern Edo and Akwa Ibom, where roads are lined by hectares of dark green palm trees and moribund factories, are injecting new life into the sector.
Across the globe, the palm oil industry has faced heavy criticism for deforestation, loss of community land and claims of worker abuses on Southeast Asian plantations.
But the oil, which is used in cooking, foods and cosmetics products, is a major industry in Indonesia and Malaysia, and Africa has also seen growth in recent years.
With an agriculture credit scheme and other programmes, Nigeria is supporting operators to buy quality and up-to-date seedlings and set up new plantations and mills.


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Nigeria Loses 481 Billion Naira To Oil Theft - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2019
Nigeria has lost 22.6 million barrels at oil to the activities of petroleum pipeline vandalism and stealing of crude oil in the first six months of this year.
The quantity lost is estimated at $1.35 billion (N481.95 billion
This was disclosed to State House correspondents by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the end of the National Economic Council meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Ifthe loss is not checked, he said that Nigeria will lose $2.7 billion by the endof the year.
To check the trend, he said his committee recommended to the Council the need to restructure the maintenance and ownership of pipelines in the country.
Read This: Crude Oil: Navy Seizes 6 Ships, 80 Wooden Boats, Seeks Speedy Trial Of Thieves
Therecommendations, he said, also included prosecution of criminals and creationof special court to handle the cases.
Accordingto Obaseki, the Council resolved that the recommendations should be forwardedto President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Minister of Petroleum.

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Nigeria Loses 600,000 Hectares Of Forest Yearly —NEWMAP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 8, 2019
Nigeria loses between 450,000 and 600,000 hectaresof forest to deforestation annually to rank among the countries with thehighest rate of deforestation in the world.
The National Coordinator, Nigeria Erosion andWatershed Management Project, Salisu Dahiru said this in Benin, whiledelivering the 10th Environmental Outreach Magazine public lecture titled,‘Managing land degradation in Nigeria; the challenges, action and remediation.’
According to Dahiru, 24 billion tons of fertile soilis lost every year globally, while 7.3 million of hectares of forest are lostyearly globally.
He identified population pressure, deforestation,bush burning, over grazing, agricultural depletion of soil nutrients throughpoor farming, inappropriate irrigation and indiscriminate mining as some of thecauses of land degradation in Nigeria.
While saying that NEWMAP had succeeded in reclaimingsome of the land lost to degradation, he noted that inconsistency in policies,inadequate budgetary allocation and unhealthy rivalry between environmental agencieswere affecting management of degradation and deforestation in the country.


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Nigeria Loses First Only Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Tolulope Arotile, To Car Crash - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 15, 2020
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first-ever and only female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force, NAF has died.
The 24-year-old was said to have been hit by a car driven by a former classmate who wanted to greet her.
The unnamed ex-classmate was reportedly reversing the car when it hit Arotile who fell and hit her head on the tarmac.
She subsequently died while receiving treatment at the hospital where she was taken to.
This latest development can be described as a major setback for the fight against insurgency and banditry in the country.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Com. Ibikunle Daramola revealed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile and Flying Officer Kafayat Sank, broke the Service’ 55-year-old jinx of becoming the first females Regular Combatant Officers, while Air Warrant Officer, Grace Garuba is said to be the first female Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) to be promoted to the highest rank in the Non-Commissioned Officers’ cadre since the Force was established on April 18, 1964.


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Nigeria Losing High Volume Of Annual Farm Produce To Pests — Agric Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 7, 2021
Abubakar made this known at a ministerial press briefing to mark the International Day of Plant Health 2021 in Abuja.
He emphasised the need to take plant health seriously, saying that plants are in constant danger of attack by viruses, bacteria, insects among others.
He said the healthier the plant resources are, the more business value Nigeria can generate from crop and create jobs in the crop value chains.
According to him, one of the challenges in plant health is the uncontrolled use of plant protection products such as the use of sniper and other lethal chemicals to store food products, which he said was dangerous and deadly.
He said President Buhari in demonstration of strengthening plant protection system had assented to Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service Bill to manage and minimise risks to the agricultural economy, food safety and the environment.

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Nigeria Makes World Bank’s List For Top-20 “Improvers In Doing Business” - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2019
TheWorld Bank Doing Business team has announced Nigeria as one of thetop-twenty improvers in doing business out of one hundred and ninety countries.
ThePresident’s Special Adviser on Ease of Doing Business, Jumoke Oduwole who madethis known in a statement, said that the announcement came ahead of the October24 release of the 2020 World Bank Doing Business rankings.
Oduwolesaid that the World Bank Doing Business Report was an objective assessment ofprevailing business environments based on a number of ease of doing businessindicators.
Accordingto her, in Nigeria, the report assesses doing business conditions in the twolargest commercial cities of Lagos and Kano.
Shesaid that over the past three years, Nigeria’s score had steadily improved inthe World Bank Doing Business Report, after years of decline in both score andranking in the years preceding 2016.

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Nigeria, Mauritius Retain Seats In UN Rights Committees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 19, 2022
The candidates from the two countries are re-elected to occupy the two remaining vacant positions for Africa in CESCR.
CESCR is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its States Parties.
Egypt and Morocco were elected to occupy two seats of the four seats for African Group in 2021 and Egypt currently chairs the committee as a member of the Africa Group.
The remaining two were contested for on Wednesday at UN headquarters by Nigeria, Cameroun, Malawi and Mauritius.
Nigeria won at first ballot scoring 39 out of the 54 ballots of Member States.
Malawi lost out and Mauritius and Cameroun competed for the remaining one seat because they were both even on votes.


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Nigeria Military Kills 950 Terrorists, 537 Bandits In Seven Months - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2022
It added that in the period under review, a total of 537 bandits and other
criminal elements, including two key bandits’ leaders in Zamfara State,
namely Alhaji Auta and Kachalla Ruga were killed.
Acting Director, Defence Media Operation Major General Bernard
Onyeuko who made this known at a media briefing in Abuja, said the
troops also rescued about 1,000 kidnapped civilians and recovered
assorted weapons from the criminal elements.
He also added over 79 terrorists were arrested, 113 kidnapped civilians
were rescued by the troops of operation Hadin Kai within this period.

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Nigeria Modernizing IP Law In Line With Current Realities – Malami - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2022
Malami said this when the Senior Counsellor, World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO, Lorreta Asiedu, led a delegation to pay him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja.
The minister was represented by the Permanent Secretary and Solicitor-General, Ministry of Justice, Beatrice Jedy-Agba.
Earlier, Asiedu said the visit was to seek the minister’s support on WIPO’s efforts in developing National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy for the country.
She said that WIPO had been working with the Nigerian Copyright Commission, consultants and relevant stakeholders in developing the National IP Policy and Strategy for Nigeria.
According to her, with this development, Nigeria will be joining other African countries that have adopted IP policy and strategy.

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Nigeria Needs Domestic Savings, Foreign Capital To Tackle Needs - Osinbajo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 7, 2019
The Federal Government has stressed the need formobilisation of domestic savings and foreign capital to finance the country’sneeds in infrastructure, agriculture, housing SMEs and other services.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this in a keynoteaddress delivered at the 2019 FMDQ Nigerian Capital Markets Conference inLagos. He said that Nigeria required more capital to grow, develop and attainits potential.
Osinbajo, represented by Acting Director-General, theSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mary Uduk added that the countryneeded to mobilise more funds to address its needs.
He noted that an African Development Bank report onNigeria’s Infrastructure Plan in 2013 estimated that Nigeria would need toinvest about 350 billion dollars in 10 years to meet up with its peers.
Earlier in her opening address,  Uduk said thatthe Capital Market Master Plan (2015-2025) was launched to transform theNigerian capital market with a view to making it more competitive to enable itcontribute its quota to developing the nation, through funds mobilisation.

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Nigeria, Netherlands, IOM Inaugurate Programme To Assist Illegal Migration Victims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 7, 2021
The project, sponsored by the government of The Netherlands and
tagged “Cooperation on Migration and Partnership to Achieve
Sustainable Solutions COMPASS”, is a global initiative designed to
protect migrants and victims of trafficking.
The initiative also aims to tackle human trafficking, human smuggling,
and support dignified return as well as promote sustainable reintegration.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, IOM’s Programme Manager Saskia
Kok, explained that the scheme takes advantage of a social approach to
assisting individuals.
She said the project would be implemented simultaneously in 12
countries and would work across all levels, including households,
communities, and the wider community.
Countries, where the programme will be implemented, include Nigeria,
Afghanistan, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali,
Morocco, Niger, and Tunisia.

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Nigeria Not Ready For Full Reopening Of Economy — FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 19, 2020
The Federal Government said that Nigeria is not yet ready for full opening of the economy and tough decisions have to be taken for the good of the greater majority.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this in Abuja at the 33rd joint national briefing of the Taskforce.
The government announced the extension of the current phase of eased restriction for another two weeks during which stricter enforcement and persuasion measures will be pursued.
Mustapha also said that the reality is that in spite of the modest progress made, any further relaxation will only portend grave danger for the populace.
The Task Force Chairman said this would be complemented with the provision of palliatives and continued re-evaluation of the impact of the interventions; and aggressive scale up of efforts to ensure that communities are informed, engaged and participating in the response with enhanced public awareness in high risk states.


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Nigeria Not Ripe For Direct Primaries, Says IPAC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 4, 2022
He stated this in Abuja while briefing the press on some national issues.
On the ongoing stalemate between the legislature and the executive over the 2021 Electoral Bill, he commended the National Assembly for the courage, high level of commitment and patriotism exhibited in the passage of a Bill that has been widely applauded as groundbreaking and transformative in the annals of the nation’s legislative chambers.
He also urged the National Assembly and executive arms to be rather more concerned about ensuring the integrity of the electoral process and how to reduce the costs of democratic practices and make Nigeria’s democracy more resilient.
Accordingly, he recommended that the legislature should accede to the expunging of the clauses regarding direct primary election thereby, saving the other equally important provisions among which, is the one on the mandatory electronic transmission of election results by INEC.

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Nigeria Okays Malaria Vaccine For Children Below Three Years - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 18, 2023
NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, explained that the vaccine’s potential benefits outweigh its known and potential risks, thereby supporting the manufacturer’s recommended use.
She added that the provisional approval of the R-21 malaria vaccine makes Nigeria the second country to approve its use after Ghana.
Adeyeye, also said Nigeria is expected to get at least 100,000 doses of the vaccine in donations soon, to be coordinated by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA.
The World Health Organisation, WHO, estimate said Malaria is far more deadly than Covid-19 in Africa, saying it had killed 386,000 Africans in 2019.


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Nigeria On Alert Mode As Ebola Resurfaces In Uganda—NCDC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2022
Director General, NCDC Ifedayo Adetifa in a statement in Abuja, said Uganda had, on September 20th, declared the outbreak of the virus and that it was on an alert mode.
The boss said that the agency’s led multisectoral National Emerging Viral Haemorrhagic Diseases Technical Working Group, working with partners and stakeholders, had conducted a rapid risk assessment to guide in country preparedness activities.
He said in spite of the risk assessment, the country had the capacity technical, human and diagnostic to respond effectively in the event of an outbreak.

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Nigeria, Other African Countries Commit To Ending Polio – WHO - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 27, 2021
The Regional Office has also presented a scorecard to track progress towards the eradication of the virus.
The African Region was certified free of wild poliovirus one year ago, after four years without a case.
However, outbreaks of a Vaccine-Derived PolioVirus cVDPV is spreading in African communities where too few children have received the polio vaccine.
cVDPV is a weakened strain of the virus that has changed over time and behaves more like the naturally occurring poliovirus.
WHO said, in a statement on Thursday, that the commitments came at the dedicated 71st meeting of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa.
Since 2018, 23 countries in the region have experienced outbreaks and more than half of the global 1071 cVDPV cases were recorded in Africa.
According to WHO, cases increased last year partly because of disruptions to polio vaccination campaigns caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.


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Nigeria Police Denies Disregard For Court Order - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2022
Force Spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in an issued statement in Abuja, said the current Office of the Inspector-General of Police is not aware of any Court order with respect to a matter making the round in the media.
The media reports had accused the Police Boss of disobeying a court order reinstating a dismissed officer of the Force. It is instructive to note that the case in point concerns an officer who was dismissed as far back as 1992.
Adejobi explained that the report was strange and astonishing, adding that the Inspector-General of Police had directed the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Force Legal Unit to investigate the allegation.
He added that the investigation was to ascertain the position of the court and proffer informed legal advice for prompt and necessary action.
Adejobi reiterated the commitment of the Inspector-General of Police to continue to uphold the rule of law and synergy with the Judiciary to ensure quick dispensation of justice, for an improved criminal justice system.

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Nigeria Police To Conduct Aptitude Test For Shortlisted Candidates - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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TheKaduna state Police Command has called on indigenes that undergo Policephysical, documentary screening exercise and bio-metric capture to attend theaptitude test slated on Saturday August 3 at the Kaduna StateUniversity by seven o’clock in the morning.
Arelease by the Command’s spokesman, Yakubu Abubakar Sabo asked the candidatesto come along with writing materials. It also warned them to conduct themselvesand desist from examination malpractice.
Itadded that list of shortlisted applicants for the examination will be pasted atthe Police Workshop opposite Police College, Kaduna and at the twenty-threelocal government headquarters.

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Nigeria Postpones Planned Hike In Electricity TarifF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 30, 2020
The leadership of the National Assembly waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1, 2020 and succeeded in convincing the Distribution Companies DISCOs to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and other principal Officers of the two Chambers met at the National Assembly with the Chief Executives of the government electricity regulatory body and DISCOs across the country.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President of the Senate, Ola Awoniyi.
Read this: Electricity: FG, DISCOs Declare 2-Month Free Supply To Nigerians
The statement noted that the National Assembly leaders were emphatic at the meeting that the timing of the planned hike was wrong even though they had not much issue with the need to introduce cost reflective tariffs for the power sector to attract the much needed investment.
The meeting agreed to defer the planned hike till first quarter of next year while the leadership of the National Assembly promised to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue.


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Nigeria Ranks 3rd In Global Production Of Ginger – Agro-Corp Boss - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2021
Obiajulu, the Chief Executive Officer of AgroCorp International Development Limited, made the assertion at a virtual press launch of the company in Lagos.
The agro-prenuer noted that it was time to make Nigeria earn her place in the global export market of ginger, as he called for more investment in the sector.
Obiajulu, however, highlighted the potentials of the ginger as well as some bottlenecks on its exports.
He also called for strict adherence to international best practices in the production, processing and packaging of the produce in order to gain international relevance.
The expert noted that owing to increased demand for Nigerian ginger and trusted spices, there is the potential of doing more, if we want to truly be a Pan-African business giant.

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Nigeria Ranks 9th, Needs $1.1bn For Humanitarian Assistance In 2022 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 3, 2021
The coalition of 120 organisations joined forces in an open letter advising world leaders to do more to stop a global hunger crisis as new analysis shows 17 per cent of the global population is likely to need humanitarian aid by 2022.
This is coming following a Global Humanitarian Overview 2022, released by the United Nations, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, which cautioned that 274 million people could be in need of humanitarian assistance next year. This is up from 235 million people in 2021 and 168 million in 2020.
The United Nations said the number is a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago, which was already the highest figure in decades.
It was gathered that Nigeria ranks ninth on the index according to the number of people in need with 1.1 billion dollars required for the 8.3 million people critically in need of humanitarian assistance in 2022. The top three on the list is Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, followed by Ethiopia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Somalia. Myanmar completes the top 10 indexes coming after Nigeria.

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Nigeria Ready For ICAO Safety Audit Of Aviation Industry, Says NCAA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 11, 2022
The Authority said Nigeria was fully prepared for the exercise, known as Continuous Monitoring Approach CMA, which includes ensuring that the country abides by the global body’s recommended standard practices, having adequate technical personnel and efficiently regulating the industry to ensure high standard of air safety.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of the League of Aviation and Airport Correspondents training at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria the Director General of NCAA, Musa Nuhu said Nigeria had sustained a regime of robust regulations and over eight year of zero accident in commercial flight operation.
Nuhu who said Nigeria was primed to excel by maintaining and improving on the reputation already achieved in the area of air safety, appealed to all stakeholders, including the media to join hands with NCAA to ensure a successful audit.
KENYA HALTS FLIGHTS TO UAE OVER COVID TESTS ROW
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority KCAA, says this was done to reciprocate a ban on Kenyan passenger flights to United Arab Emirate.
The ban will not affect cargo flights, which will continue with normal operations.
In December last year, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority suspended all air transport services with inbound and transit passenger movements from Kenya.
The Dubai aviation regulator expressed concern that travellers from Nairobi were testing positive for Covid-19 on arrival, despite carrying negative test results.
Speaking to local dailies, Kenya Aviation Authority director general Gilbert Kibe said there was a scheme involving private medical testing centres colluding with travellers to issue fake Covid PCR results to aid their travel to Dubai.
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Nigeria ready for Russia challenge in FIBA world cup - Diogu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Mohammed Abdulhammed
August 30, 2019
Captain of Nigeria’s national men basketball team Ike Diogu has declared that Nigeria is set for her world cup group opener against Russia when the world cup first jump ball gets underway tomorrow.
Diogu speaking in a chat with the media said the coach has done most of the scouting of Nigeria’s group opener and that the players themselves have also gotten individual scouting information which would be used on how to approach their Russian opponent. He also added that the D’Tigress will however be cautious not to go too much ahead of themselves. “It starts on August 31st when we play Russia, the coach has done all the scouting and now that we get to game time, we have our individual scouting reports and individual match ups so we know exactly what to do and not get too ahead of ourselves when we get to Russia.”
Nigeria are grouped alongside Argentina, Russia and South Korea and will be looking to go all the way in the competition.

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Nigeria Records 21 New Covid-19 Cases – NCDC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2021
The NCDC stated this in its daily COVID-19 report.
The 21 additional cases reported on Monday indicate a decrease from the 110 cases reported the previous day.
According to the NCDC, the additional 21 cases bring the total of confirmed infections in the country to 214,113.
It said Lagos recorded 6, Cross River-5, Rivers-5 and Abia-3.
Meanwhile, Bauchi and Kaduna recorded one case each.
The NCDC noted that since the outbreak of the virus on February 27, 2020, a total of 2,976 persons had lost their lives, while 207,292 recovered and were discharged.
The Nigerian public health institute said a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre, activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The agency added that a total of 3,479,682 blood samples had been tested since the pandemic began across the country.

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Nigeria Records 565 New Covid-19 Cases, 8 Deaths On Monday – NCDC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2021
The NCDC stated this in Abuja.
The centre said that this brings the total infections, since the index case in 2020, to 187, 588.
The NCDC attributed the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country.
The centre also said that eight Covid-19 related deaths were reported bringing the total fatality figure to 2,276.
The NCDC stated that the new cases were reported in 13 states and the FCT.
It noted that Lagos state recorded the highest infections with 205 while Rivers followed with 73 cases, Ondo-63, FCT-53, Oyo-53, Ekiti-37, Delta-24, Edo-20, and Benue-12.
According to the centre, Monday’s report includes a backlog of cases of seven cases reported from Benue on August 17 and four on August 19.


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Nigeria Registers 753 Additional Covid-19 Infections, 5 Fatalities Aug.12 –NCDC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 13, 2021
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC says 753 additional infections and five more COVID-19 related deaths had been registered as at August 12, 2021.
The centre stated this on its verified website, raising the country’s total infections, since the index case in 2020, to 180,661, attributing the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country.
The new infections indicated a decrease from the 790 cases reported.
A lockdown is not being contemplated though despite the increased cases in the third wave, particularly the outbreak of the deadly Delta variant in the country, the NCDC said.
The public health agency noted that since the discovery of the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19, there had been a consistent spike in infections in the country, whose active cases currently stand at 11,891.
The NCDC added that a total of 367 people recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres in the country with total recoveries nationwide, since the onset of the pandemic, clocking 166,560.


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Nigeria Reiterates Commitment To Implementing GCM Agreement In New York - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 20, 2022
UN correspondent reports that the goal of the IMFR is to review the progress made at the local, national, regional and global levels in implementing the GCM.
Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons IDPs, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, said Nigeria was committed to implementing CGM through existing policies, processes and institutions.
Delivering Nigeria’s statement at IMRF Roundtable two, Suleiman-Ibrahim, said there was need for a commitment by all stakeholders to ensure that a right-based approach was deployed pre-departure and post arrival of returnees.


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Nigeria Rejects Single Pathway To Energy Transition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 8, 2021
Sylva said this at a one-day Seplat Energy Summit in Abuja, with the theme: “Global Trends in Energy Transition – the African Perspective”.
He said energy transition has become a major concern for African countries and developed countries as the world works towards cleaner energy.
The minister, however, regretted that the emphasis on only renewable energy as the sole pathway to energy transition was a source of concern for African countries still working to achieve industrialisation.
The minister expressed optimism that the Petroleum Industry Act PIA would help in driving the country’s National Gas Expansion Programme to achieve domestic utilisation.
Sylva said that the process has commenced for full deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector which would end subsidies and free up funds for national development.

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Nigeria Remains Africa’s Largest Economy With Over N400bn In GDP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 23, 2022
The minister said this at the 21 edition of Town Hall Meeting on the achievements of the Federal Government in infrastructure development held in Abuja.
Zainab said that with over 400 billion naira in GDP and about 200 million people, Nigeria’s huge and growing population still offers economic challenges and opportunities.
While pledging Federal Governments commitment to continue to prioritise spending on infrastructure, the minister explained the ministry planned to spend about 1.42 trillion naira in 2022.
She said that bilateral and multilateral loans financing critical infrastructure were contracted within the framework of the 2020-2023 Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy.

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Nigeria Replace Zimbabwe In Men’s T-20 ICC World Cup Qualifier - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 10, 2019
The International Cricket Council has announced thatNigeria will participate in the Men’s T-20 World Cup Qualifier.
The Yellow Greens, as the country’s national cricketteam is called, will take the 14th and final spot, replacing Zimbabwe, who arecurrently on suspension, at the events in the United Arab Emirates, UAE inOctober.
Nigeria will join hosts UAE, Hong Kong, Ireland,Kenya, Namibia, The Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Singaporeand two teams from the Americas final due to be held later this month.
The West African nation came third in the AfricaMen’s Final, therefore becoming the third African team in the global qualifieralong Kenya and Namibia.


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Nigeria Reports 395 Cases Of Mutant Poliovirus2 In 27 States, FCT - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2022
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA however has refuted reported of Wild Polio Virus, WPV anywhere in the country since the last incident in 2016.
Executive Director of the Agency Faisal Shuaib in a statement in Abuja, noted that the cMPV2 outbreak was caused by immunity gaps in children, stressing that suspension of immunisation programmes, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, further created new immunity gaps, leading to new outbreaks.
He also explained that Nigeria and the African region were certified Polio Virus free in 2020, following a certification process by the African Regional Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication, which spanned three. Till date, there has been no case of WPV anywhere in the country. Shuaib added that the virus thrives in areas with poor sanitation, open defecation, and inadequate access to clean drinking water.
The Executive Director also observed that all the 36 states and FCT have completed at least one novel Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 (nOPV2) Outbreak Response, OBR.

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Nigeria Retain 31st Position In FIFA Ranking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 19, 2019
Nigeria’s Super Eagles retained their spot as the world’s 31st team in the World Football Ranking for the month of December.
In the ranking table on the website of world football governing body, FIFA, on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1,493 points, same as they had in the November ranking.
The ranking still helped the team retain the third spot on the continent, behind Senegal and Tunisia.
On the global scene, Belgium are the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking’s Team of the Year for the second successive time after a record-breaking year on the global ladder.
The Red Devils have held on to top spot in a December table barely impacted by just 19 friendlies towards the end of the year.
It was a year in which 1,082 international “A” matches have been played, and that is an all-time high since the ranking’s inception in 1993.
World champions France remain in second place ahead of Brazil in third, the positions they held in December 2018.
However, the make-up of the year-end top five has changed.
England have climbed one place in 2019 to end the year in fourth, with Uruguay moving up to fifth on the back of a two-spot rise.
Argentina (9th) and Colombia (10th) are also in the top 10 at the expense of Switzerland (12th) and Denmark (16th).
Both have slipped four and six places respectively over the course of the year.
The ranking’s Mover of the Year, meanwhile, are Qatar who gained an impressive 138 points over the course of the year.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 hosts won the AFC Asian Cup and made a strong start to the Asian Zone World Cup qualifiers.
Besides accumulating the biggest points haul, Qatar have also jumped a year-high 38 places, followed closely by fellow climbers Algeria (up 32 ranks) and Japan (up 22 ranks).
Given the teams who have made the most progress in 2019, it is no surprise to find that the regional composition of the top 50 has changed over the year.
Along with this is the fact that Europe’s dominance has diminished.
UEFA has lost three places in the top 50 compared to the end of 2018, and now has 28 teams.
Whereas, Concacaf (4), the AFC (4) and CAF (4) have all gained one spot apiece.
But in spite of all the changes witnessed over 2019, the year has ended on a quiet note.
It has witnessed only the most modest of movements due to the scarcity of fixtures since the ranking’s November edition.
Nonetheless, eight teams have all edged a single rung up the ladder, and will hope to continue that progress in 2020.
These are Bahrain (99th), Bolivia (75th), Korea Republic (40th), Lesotho (139th), the Solomon Islands (141st), South Africa (71st), St Kitts and Nevis (139th) and Suriname (141st).

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Nigeria, S/Arabia Agree To Boost Trade, Investment, Economic Cooperation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 29, 2021
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this development in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
According to him, the Nigerian delegation led by President Buhari, discussed with the Saudis on several issues, including the need for their countries to continue coordination in the fight against extremism and terrorism.
Shehu, who spoke on the take-aways from the president’s visit to Saudi Arabia, said:
On the Umrah, Shehu expressed the hope that Nigeria would win the favour of the Almighty God in addressing her challenges.
Members of the President’s delegation included the Ministers of Trade, Industry and Investment, Communications and Digital Economy and Ministers of State, Foreign Affairs as well as Petroleum.

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Nigeria Seeks IDB Support On Infrastructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 8, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has solicited the supportof the Islamic Development Bank IDB to address Nigeria’s infrastructuredeficit.
The President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, said in astatement that the President made the call during a bilateral meeting with VicePresident, Islamic Development Bank, IDB Mansur Muhtar on the margins of the AUSummit in Niamey, Niger Republic.
According to the president, with the growingpopulation and infrastructure deficit, no amount of money is too much to revampNigeria’s development challenges.
President Buhari thanked the IDB for ongoinginterventions in agriculture, trade and investment, rural development and foodsecurity in Nigeria, noting that the county would appreciate more support inother critical sectors.
In his remarks, Muhtar commended Nigeria for signingthe African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, saying it was good thecountry is now on board the trade deal.


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Nigeria: Selling FOREX To Banks To End In 2022 - CBN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 10, 2022
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made this known in Abuja on
Thursday at the end of the Bankers’ Committee Meeting where he also
introduced the RT200 Programme.
Emefiele said the time had come for the banks to go out there and source
for forex by funding entrepreneurs with ideas.
The CBN, Emefiele said, will support the banks by granting rebates and
other support until the banks find their feet in sourcing their forex by
themselves.

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Nigeria, Senegal, Pakistan Sign Pharmaceutical Trade Agreements - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 26, 2021
The agreements were signed on the last day of the 2 Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference and Single Country Exhibition.
The Deputy Managing Director, Assene Laborex Eurapharma, Renaud Beauchamp, after signing the deal, told newsmen that quality cardiovascular drugs and antibiotics were important for effective treatment of diseases in Nigeria.
He said that the Memorandum of Understanding MoU between his firm and the Pakistani counterpart had offered Nigerian consumers access to quality and affordable pharmaceuticals.
Uti added that it would boost access to quality treatment of cardiovascular diseases in Nigeria.
The Pakistani counterpart, Muhammad Hashmi, said that Nigeria was a growing market for cardiovascular diseases and other chronic ailments hence the need for quality affordable medicine.
Hashmi said the price advantage would help curb prevalence of diseases like hypertension and stroke in Nigeria.

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Nigeria Sets Standard For Africa In Gmos Regulation —- NBMA’s Director – General - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 8, 2022
Ebegba spoke in Abuja while welcoming a team of regulators from Ghana’s Biosafety Management Authority who came to understudy NBMA’s success story in biosafety management.
The DG assured Nigerians that the agency would continue to ensure safety standards in the regulation of GMOs.
Ebegba said that GMOs in Nigeria are safe adding that the agency ensures that GMO’s are kept in a safe environment.
The DG said that the collaboration among government agencies, departments and ministries had been effective especially in the area of information and team work.
Ebegba expressed the need for the Ghanaian government to extend the scope of regulatory framework to capture the new emerging technologies such as gene editing, gene drive, and synthetic biology.
In his speech, Chairman of Ghana’s Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Science and Technology Emmanuel Marfo, commended the activities of NBMA in Nigeria.


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Nigeria Signs MOU To Scale Up Water, Sanitation In Government-Owned Institutions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 15, 2023
The MoU tagged,  “SchoolWASH Programme” is aimed at improving the crosscutting issues of water and sanitation, as it impacts on different sectors of education, health, economy, among others.
At the event in Abuja, Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said the partnership became necessary following low access to potable water and sanitation facilities in educational institutions in the country.
He said data from WASH normal routine mapping shows that only 10 per cent of schools had access to safely managed sanitation services.
The minister said it was expected that the School WASH Programme would serve as a catalyst to spur investment in the water and sanitation sector in all government educational institutions.


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Nigeria, South Korea To Strengthen Ties On Energy Challenges-Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 31, 2022
The minister said this in Abuja on Tuesday when he received a delegation led by the President of Korea-Africa Foundation, Lyeo Woon-Ki.
Jedy-Agba said that learning from Korea’s experience and seeking areas of cooperation to address the nation’s energy problems were very appealing, adding that the Federal Government was willing to explore.
According to him, Nigeria is committed to the United Nations plan to transform global energy sector from fossil-based to zero carbon by 2060, as the current administration is investing heavily on the renewable energy sector.
Earlier, Woon-ki said that the purpose of his visit was to familiarise with the ministry and to have an insight into the power sector with a view to exploring possible areas of partnership, and on the visit with Woon-ki were, Kim Young-Chae, South Korea Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Kim Won-nyung, the director of Korea/Africa Foundation and Ms Son Eunkyung, Second Secretary of South Korea Embassy


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Nigeria Supports Global Efforts On Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 11, 2019
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has promised the support of the Federal Government towards to the global efforts on elimination of nuclear weapons, stressing that Nigeria supports the international call for nuclear disarmament.
Onyeama made this knownat the opening of the two-day Regional Workshop on: “Expanding Access toPeaceful Uses under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, (NPT) Framework”, inAbuja. The workshop was in preparatory to the NPT at 50 Review Conference,which would hold in New York in 2020 and the reflections.
The meeting will alsofocus on the reflections by Argentina in the 2020 NPT Review Conference.
Onyeama, who wasrepresented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MustaphaSulaiman said that Nigeria was deeply committed to the core principle offostering the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
In her remarks, DeputyRepresentative of Argentina to the IAEA, Luz Melon, said that workshop createsa platform and opportunities to exchange perspectives, information and ideas onhow to bring the norm of the NPT to the greater benefits of our societies.

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Nigeria Suspends Emergency Passport Services In New York - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2020
TheConsulate General of Nigeria in New York has suspended emergency passportservices due to shortage of old booklets.
Ina notice dated March 6th, the consulate said only applicants on appointmentwould be attended to in the time being.
Theshortage, according to the Consul General, Benaoyagha Okoyen, is occasioned bygradual phase out of the old passport and transition to the new 10 yearenhanced E-Passport.
Okoyengave the explanation while addressing a group of emergency passport applicantsin his office in New York.
Theapplicants, who had showed up at the consulate before their respectiveinterview dates, said they had no prior knowledge of the new policy.
Somebecame displeased after consular officials refused to attend to them for fearof flouting the policy.
Attemptsat explanation fell on deaf ears as some said they came from far states, andcould not afford the cost of putting up in New York.


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Nigeria Suspends Levy –Information Minister. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2024
The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris confirmed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
Idris disclosed that the levy was undergoing review and has been put on hold for now.


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Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenyan Youths Emerge Winners Of Nuclear Technology Video - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 14, 2019
Youthsfrom Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya have been awarded first prize for a youthvideo competition they researched on nuclear energy technology.
Astatement from ROSATOM Central and Southern Africa in Abuja said the winnersreceived the highest number of votes from the jury and the general public via Facebookplatform. The competition was tagged: “5 Atoms EmpoweringAfrica’’.
ROSATOMis one of the global technology leaders that bring together nuclear power andpower engineering assets, as well as design and construction.
Ithad in August invited African youths to research and make videos about variousnuclear technologies, their applications and benefits to Africa.
ROSATOMsaid winners of 2019 Atoms for Africa Youth Video Competition would travel toRussia on an all-expenses paid trip in December. It listed the first team ofwinners from Nigeria to include Egbe Joy, Derick Nwasor and Oghale Yome .

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Nigeria To Earn N18bn From Concession Of Grain Silos – Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2022
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Muhammad Abubakar made the assertion at the opening of the 2nd West and Central African Post-harvest Congress and Exhibition in Abuja.
Abubakar, who was represented by Director of Food and Strategic Reserve in the ministry, Haruna Suleman, added that the concession was to reduce post-harvest losses that farmers, especially those in rural areas, suffer year-round.
The minister said 6,250 metric tonnes storage facilities were leased to the private sector to enhance food security in the country. According to him, the Federal Government came up with the initiative to provide an enabling environment for private individuals to contribute to agriculture and food security.
He also informed that the government had established 17 Green Aggregation Centres to process agricultural produce and reduce post production losses.
Also, Vice-Chancellor, Benue State University, Tor Iorapuu, said that the exhibition was to rally stakeholders to collectively work towards producing indigenous foods and reduce post-harvest losses.


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Nigeria To Enjoy Preferential Trade Access To U.S. Market—Envoy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 30, 2022
Leonard said this when she visited the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo.
According to a statement issued in Abuja by the minister’s Special Adviser on Media, Ifedayo Sayo, Leonard said that Nigeria became eligible after a review of the criteria set by the US Congress under AGOA.
She said that the criteria for eligibility among other things included the establishment of a market-based economy, rule of law, political pluralism, right to due process, fair trial and equal protection under the law.
In his response, Adebayo expressed happiness with the US.  Government’s report which allowed Nigeria to continue to enjoy preferential trade access to the US market.
The minister said that the report was an affirmation of the progress the country was making to reposition the economy for better performance.


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Nigeria To Grow Gas Reserves To 600 Trillion Cubic Feet — Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 10, 2021
Sylva gave the assurance at the 23rd World Petroleum Congress in Houston, Texas, U.S.
The minister spoke at a session themed ” Regional Development and Opportunities in Africa”.
He said the increase would position Nigeria among the countries with the highest gas reserves in the world.
According to him, the 600 trillion cubic feet reserve will enable Nigeria to achieve the desired development required of a gas nation.
Sylva said that the forum provided an opportunity to share accomplishments and incentives within the industry which enhance Nigeria’s investment value preposition.
He explained that so far, gas was being used as a transition fuel as Nigeria and Africa as a continent do not contribute more than one per cent as carbon emission aggravating the global warming situation.

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Nigeria To Host 6-Nation Women’s T20 Cricket Tournament In Lagos – Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 7, 2022
The President of the Federation, Uyi Akpata, made this known in Abuja.
According to him, the tournament will also create opportunities for the national female team to constantly square up with tough African oppositions and raise the bar for aspiring players.
Akpata also said that beyond the players, Nigeria’s facilities would be showcased, along with its experienced umpires.
A total of 36 players have been in camp for more than a week at the Edo Boys High School High Performance Centre, Benin.
Meanwhile, Rwanda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Cameroon alongside Nigeria, will compete at the event as the tournament will count in the International Cricket Council ICC T20 rankings for the teams.
The tournament is expected to end on April 4.


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Nigeria To Host UNWTO Conference In 2022 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 2, 2021
The minister said this in Sal Island, Cape Verde, after a meeting with the Secretary-General of the UNWTO, Zurab Pololikashvili.
The UNWTO, founded on November 1, 1975, is the UN specialised agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.
Mohammed is in Sal Island,  with other African Culture and Tourism Ministers, to attend the 64th Conference of UNWTO Commission for Africa and the Second Edition of the UNWTO Global Tourism Investment Forum.
The minister said the regional conference, to be hosted in Nigeria, would focus on tourism and creative industry.
He said the tourism and creative industry team was chosen because of the comparative advantage and strong points of Nigeria in the areas of films, music, fashion and the creative industry.

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Nigeria To Launch 2nd Satellite In Orbit — Pantami - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2022
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, who said this at a one-day working visit and interactions with staff of Nigerian satellite Communications, Abuja, said he had secured the approval of President Mohammadu Buhari for purchasing of the satellite.
He also said he had gone further to lobby the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to ensure this was included in the 2022 Budget.
Though the Minister refused to disclose the amount approved and how many satellites would be purchased, it was gathered that the federal government earmarked the sum of 2.5 billion naira for Satellite 2 project in the 2022 budget estimate.
The existing Sat1R, which was launched in 2011 with a life span of 15 years, will expire in the next four years.
It will be recall that the federal government had in 2017, announced plans to raise 550 million dollars for the construction of two new communications satellites for Nigeria, which the Chinese Export and Import Bank accepted to provide.

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Nigeria To Produce 4,000 Metric Tonnes Of Lithium Per Day – V-P - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 30, 2024
Declaring open a two-day roundtable on Sustainable Development of Nigeria’s Mining Sector, Shettima said President Bola Tinubu would soon inaugurate Nigeria`s largest lithium factory capable of processing 4,000 metric tonnes of lithium per day.
He noted that the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake performed a ground-breaking ceremony for the Lithium factory in Nasarawa in 2023 to produce 18,000 metric tonnes of lithium per day.
Shettima said that more lithium sites were being discovered across the country.
The vice-president commended Alake for the reforms he had brought to the solid minerals sector particularly his plan to sanitise and reposition the sector to boost Nigeria’s economic profile.
He also commended the minister for making the sector public and private sectors-driven, adding that the approach would open up the sector for opportunities and fast-track its development.


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Nigeria To Retrieve 1, 030 Benin Bronzes From Germany – Commission - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2022
The Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments Abba Tijani, said this to newsmen today in Ibadan.
He said that many artefacts had been received from Germany but the commission would receive at least additional 1,030 in 2022
The objects were taken from the country during the punitive expedition of Benin in 1897.
According to him, when the artefacts are received, it will give the commission the opportunity to build new museums and attract more tourists across the world.
Tijani said this would also give them opportunities to view the cultural objects from the Nigerian context.


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Nigeria To Start Methanol Production Soon - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 1, 2019
The Minister of Science and Technology, OgbonnayaOnu, has stated that Nigeria will start producing methanol in commercialquantity soon.
He said this at the world media briefing to launchthe Methanol Development Technology Policy in Abuja during the week.
At the event, he unveiled the Methanol DevelopmentTechnology Policy, saying it was in line with international resolutions,including the Paris Agreement.
According to him, during the 74th United NationsGeneral Assembly UNGA recently, President Muhammadu Buhari pledged Nigeria’sdetermination to comply with international resolutions on environmentalprotection and reduction of gas emissions.
Onu stressed the importance of methanol, whosecomposition is environmentally friendly and costs less than other sources ofnatural energy, to Nigeria.
The minister further said the policy was aimed at further expanding the nation’s chemical industry and help in the chemical value-chain feed-stock, to produce adhesives and useful gasses.

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Nigeria To Start Rice Exportation Soon, Says RIFAN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2022
Secretary of the Kano State chapter of RIFAN, Ado Hassan, made this known in an interview on the sidelines of the unveiling of the mega rice pyramids in Abuja.
The pyramids, to be unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a joint project between the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN under its Anchor Borrowers Programme, and RIFAN.
Hassan dispelled insinuations that the rice pyramids on display were not solely rice, adding that the commodity was  brought in by rice farmers in virtually all states of the country.
Hassan said that Nigeria had become the highest rice growing country in Africa due the support of the Federal Government and the intervention of the CBN.
He assured that the massive investment in rice cultivation by Nigeria will bring down its price and make it available to the ordinary Nigerians.


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Nigeria To Stop Fish Importation By 2022 – FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 5, 2020
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following Federal Government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2020.
The minister made this known while receiving adelegation from the National Fish Association of Nigeria NFAN led by itsNational President, Gabriel Ogunsanya in Abuja.
Nanono said time had come for Nigeria to look inwardto tap into the huge potential in fisheries and aquaculture for localconsumption and export.
He noted that measures were already been put inplace by government to actualise the plan.
According to him, this is an area that we can joinhands to promote fish production. We have to seriously reduce importation offish into the country.
The minister assured the association of the government’sreadiness to assist where necessary to move the industry forward.
In his remarks, the President of NFAN, GabrielOgunsanya, while commending the minister for his commitment to movingagriculture to the next level, called for assistance in some areas.

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Nigeria To Support Best LLO DG Candidate- Ngige - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 26, 2021
Ngige gave this assurance while receiving the Australian candidate for the post and incumbent Deputy Director-General of ILO, Greg Vines, in his office in Abuja.
Vines was accompanied by the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, John Donnelly and the Secretary to the High Commission, Ms Annabelle Simpson.
A new Director-General of ILO is expected to emerge through secret ballot at the 344 session of the Governing Board in March 22, 2022.
Ngige noted that from inception, ILO had made tremendous success in sustaining the world of work and therefore everything possible should be done to support, energise and re-energise the organisation, especially in the post COVID-19 pandemic era. According to him, the pandemic had left the economy of many nations very debilitated, distorted the world of work and inflicted loss of income on the working group, particularly those in the informal sector


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Nigeria To Work With Freedom Online Coalition To Fight Fake News – Lai Mohammed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2020
The Federal Government haspledged its readiness to work with the group, ‘Freedom Online Coalition’, FOCin the fight against disinformation, fake news, hate speech and the developmentof its information technology hub.
The Minister of Informationand Culture, Lai Mohammed made the pledge when the Finland Ambassador toNigeria, Jyrki Pulkkinen and the Ambassador of Innovation, Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Finland, Tarmi Sarena paid him a visit.
The Coalition is a group ofthirty-one countries, with three Africa: Kenya, Ghana, Tunisia, that worktogether to advance internet freedom, mainly through shaping global norms,which was launched at a conference of the Dutch Government in The Hague,Netherlands in December 2011, and works through joint statements,multi-stakeholder engagement and diplomatic initiative and interventions.
The Minster assured theEnvoys, who came to convince him on the need for Nigeria to become a member ofthe Coalition that it would be to the benefit of the country.

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Nigeria, UAE Bilateral Trade Hits $1.2b – Osinbajo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 6, 2019
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has putthe value of bilateral trade between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates UAEat 1.2 billion dollars, noting that both countries would continue to becomestrong regional players.
Osinbajo made the disclosure at the 2019 United ArabEmirate UAE-Nigeria Cultural and Arts Exhibition 2019 held in Lagos.
He noted that there trade between the two countrieshad been in the increase.
The Vice President described the relationshipbetween the two countries as strong and necessary and remarked that there weremany other sectors of the economy where both countries could cooperate toachieve greater partnership.
He added that both countries had been supportive toeach other in different areas, as seen recently in the creative industry.
He said Nigerians were some of the most frequentAfrican visitors to Dubai, many of whom, of course, visit for tourism, but thathe was sure that many years to come, tourists would be visiting both countriesfor arts and culture.

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Nigeria, Uk Sign Landmark Partnership To Boost Trade, Investment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 14, 2024
The MoU which was signed in Abuja is the first the UK has signed with an African country.
The MoU is designed to grow the UK and Nigeria’s already thriving trading relationship, which totalled 7 billion euros in 2023.
According to the UK Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch who signed the agreement, the two countries will continue to be bound by unshakeable cultural bonds and share a common law system which is the language of our contracts and transactions.
Badenoch also noted that the ETIP will build on the UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme which provides simpler and generous trading terms for Nigeria.
In her remarks, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Nigeria Doris Uzoka-Anite said that the implementation of the treaty stands to boost trade investments, market access for both countries.

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Nigeria, United Kingdom Hold First Security, Defence Partnership Dialogue. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2022
This is according to a statement signed by the Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High Commission, Ndidiamaka Eze, in Lagos.
Eze said that the dialogue was led by the U.K. National Security Adviser, Stephen Lovegrove, and Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno.
It is scheduled to last for three days.
She said that the dialogue, which would end today February 2, included a series of breakout sessions covering a range of issues; counter terrorism, serious and organised crime, civilian policing and human rights.
Nigeria-UK Security and Defence Partnership was agreed between the two countries in 2018.
This week’s dialogue will be the first meeting following the 2018 agreement.

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Nigeria Will Continue To Strengthen Bilateral Ties With S/Africa – Onyeama - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said this at the closing of the Ministerial Meeting of the 10 Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Abuja.
Onyeama said that he was optimistic that the just concluded meeting would facilitate the implementation of all signed Agreements between the two countries.
He noted that during the meeting, senior officials of both countries deliberated extensively on a number of important issues related to bilateral relations between both countries.
He said both countries had a productive exchange of views, given the unique nature of the forum which brought together, a cross section of the key stakeholders dealing with the issues from a variety of perspectives.
Onyeama said that Nigeria and South Africa have enjoyed cordial relations over the years, underpinned by fraternity and a shared historical struggle.

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Nigeria Will Not Severe Diplomatic Ties With South Africa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 6, 2019
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that the country would not severe diplomatic ties with South Africa following the current xenophobic attacks on Nigerians.
Onyeama, who stated this on Friday whenhe appeared before the Senate Committee on Diaspora, said taking such actionwould not be in the interest of Nigerians in South Africa.
He said available statistics from the Nigeria High Commission in Pretoria indicated that over 800, 000 Nigerians are legally living in the South African country.
Read This: Xenophobic Attacks: FG Explains Recall Of High Commissioner To South Africa
He noted that any attempt by the countryto cut diplomatic relationship with the former apartheid nation, would greatlyaffect Nigerians and their huge investment there.
He said the special envoys dispatched toJohannesburg by President Muhammadu Buhari would return to Nigeria on Saturday.
He explained that their report wouldguide the Nigerian leader to take a decisive action in the overall interest ofthe country.
Onyeama, who briefed journalists after ameeting with the Senate panel led by Senator Bashir Ajibola, said Nigeria wouldconsider other options

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Nigeria Will Stop Importing Petroleum Products By MID-2023 — Kyari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 31, 2022
Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd. disclosed this at the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team, on in Abuja.
He said that the combined output of Nigeria’s refineries being revamped and the Dangote refinery would be enough to stop importation.
Kyari said that aside from owning 20 per cent equity in Dangote Refinery, NNPC Ltd had the right of first refusal to supply crude oil to that plant.
He expressed optimism that Dangote Refinery would become operational by the middle of 2023.
According to him, the refinery has a production capacity of 650, 000 barrels per day, with a different technology.


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Nigeria@59: Ganduje Tasks Nigerians On Peaceful Coexistence - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 2, 2019
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has urgedNigerians to continue to live peacefully irrespective of ethnic, religious andpolitical differences to fast track national growth.
Ganduje made the call during the 59th IndependenceAnniversary celebration held at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano.
He said the call was necessary so as to promotepeace and unity as well as to ensure economic growth and development in thecountry.
Represented by the state deputy Governor, NasiruGawuna, Ganduje said the State Government would continue to spread the gospelof peace and unity to promote peaceful coexistence among diverse people of Kanostate.
He called on Nigerians to see the nation’s diversityas a source of strength that unite us and not a tool for division along faithand ethnicity.
Ganduje said governments must support the youth toimbibe values and attitude that would equip them to contribute to nationaldevelopment.According to him, the youth constitutes acritical sector of the Nigeria’s society urging them to guard against actscapable of threatening national security

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Nigeria@61: ATAR Communications Salute Citizens' Resilience - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2021
Ramalan in a statement issued in Abuja to mark the nation’s anniversary, commended citizens at home and abroad for their unrelenting patriotism and industry, despite the challenges they may confront.
He also noted that there is every reason to celebrate the independence anniversary, as the current challenges facing Nigeria as a nation are not insurmountable.  The Media mogul stressed that with unity of purpose, commitment, sacrifice, and continued patriotism the country shall overcome.
The Multi-Broadcast Media company Boss, also called on all citizens to join hands with leaders across the political, economic, religious, and traditional spectrum to accelerate the sustainable development of the country for future generations.
He however noted that history has shown that many nations passed through even more tumultuous and difficult periods in their journey to greatness and overcame, adding that Nigeria would not be an exception so long as citizens remain committed to building a prosperous nation where opportunities abound for all.
Ramalan, therefore, said Liberty, as the Leading Bilingual Hausa English News Current Affairs Broadcast Media Outfit in the Northern Nigeria, it will continue to Educate, Entertain, empower Nigerians with quality Contents Programs and affordable Airtime Rates to give Voice and Platforms enhance their Brands.
Liberty television and Radio FM Stations encouraged all its Clients Viewers and Listeners to take advantage of its Special Air Rates Discount Bonanza  on all its platforms lasting till end of October 2021 in  Celebration of the Nigerian Independence.

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